DC scribe Chris Nelson asked me to comment on a column by Douglas Bloomfield about “incitement” and antagonistic Israeli-Palestinian relations, as Chris saw a lot of similarities in relations between Japan and South Korea. Bloomfield[…]
Tag: Japan’s history problems
Toxic memories in East Asia
Shinzo Abe’s December 27 visit to Yasukuni shrine will certainly not improve East Asia’s already tense relations, but it is hardly the root cause of this tension, as I argue today in my CNN op-ed.[…]
Salves and slaps
With his recent visit to Yasukuni Shrine, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has unleashed a diplomatic storm in East Asia. In the Groundhog Day of East Asia’s history problems, his visit triggered condemnation from China[…]